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Five-year-old boy crushed to death inside Atlanta revolving restaurant | Five-year-old boy crushed to death inside Atlanta revolving restaurant |
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A five-year-old boy died after getting caught in the mechanism of a revolving restaurant which is one of Atlanta’s most popular tourist attractions. | |
The child was having lunch with his family at the Sun Dial restaurant, which is on the 72nd storey of the Westin Peachtree Plaza skyscraper. | |
Firefighters were called to the restaurant on Friday afternoon when the boy got his head stuck in a five-inch gap between the stationary floor and the restaurant’s rotating wall. | Firefighters were called to the restaurant on Friday afternoon when the boy got his head stuck in a five-inch gap between the stationary floor and the restaurant’s rotating wall. |
Rescuers took 30 minutes to free the child from the gap, by which point he had sustained serious head injuries. | Rescuers took 30 minutes to free the child from the gap, by which point he had sustained serious head injuries. |
The boy, who was visiting the city with family from North Carolina, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. | The boy, who was visiting the city with family from North Carolina, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. |
“The child was in the restaurant having lunch with his family and doing what small children do,” said a spokesperson for Atlanta Police Department. | |
“We simply think he lost sight of his parents and panicked and found himself in that situation.” | |
“A small child doesn’t know what to do in those moments, and it crushed his small body.” | |
The restaurant will remain closed for the rest of the Easter weekend. | The restaurant will remain closed for the rest of the Easter weekend. |
The manager of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel said in a statement that he would make every effort to assist the police in their investigation. | The manager of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel said in a statement that he would make every effort to assist the police in their investigation. |
“Words cannot express the depths of our sorrow,” the statement said. “Our thoughts remain with the family.” | |
The boy's death comes just a year after a 61-year-old employee died at the same hotel after she was accidentally locked in a freezer overnight. | The boy's death comes just a year after a 61-year-old employee died at the same hotel after she was accidentally locked in a freezer overnight. |
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